Friends are the family you choose for yourself

The start of something new

-Little brother!!-Avi heard Joshua's voice shouting, but before he could understand where it was coming from, two strong arms where squeezing him.
-Easy Josh! You are killing him!-said Esther, walking towards her brothers with a big big smile.
The Kaplan sibling had not seen each other since Christmas and it was already May.
-I was just trying to make up for missing his birthday last month-
-We'll, he is not going to have another birthday if you don't let him breath-she had to remind Josh before he let go of his younger brother.
-Sorry Bro, just got carried away-
-No problem. And, by the way, I've mused your birthday too so I think we are even-Avi said, as soon as he was able to breath properly again.
-Soooooo, how did your meeting go? -asked Esther, changing the subject.
-What meeting? -
-Avi was supposed to meet a boy, what was his name? -
-Scott-Avi replied, fixing his eyes on his shoes and passing a hand through his hairs.
-Yeah, right, Scott. He was supposed to meet Scott to talk about the project of an acapella group-
-Another one little brother? Are you never tired of singing? And how come she always know everything and I don't know nothing? –
-She asked me-was all the younger one was able to reply, still not looking at his brother.
-Ok, fair enough. So, tell us, how did this meeting go? -
-I think I'm going to try this-Avi said more to Esther than to Josh.
-You think or you are going to? -She asked and only at this point Avi raise his gaze.
-I'm going. I'm definitely going. No doubt about it. They are amazing, the project is great and I want to be part of it-
-Damn that's a change of attitude! -Josh exclaimed making everyone laugh.
-He's right! I wonder what did this Scott say to make you so enthusiast about the whole thing-
Avi smiled softly.
-He actually didn't say anything to convince me. I went there thinking "OK, let's s what he has to say" but the moment I sat in front of him I felt like if I was so already in and I actually started to talk about this project like I was already in, like if there was nothing to take about. I think I've taken both him and myself aback-
Esther laughed and Josh smiled.
Josh had a real talent for music but he never tried to pursue it, he still wasn't sure why, and, looking at the passion that was shining in his brother eyes, he was starting to regret that decision. Maybe if he would have devoted himself to the music he would have been happy as his brother was when he was talking about singing and playing the guitar.
-I bet he was! I mean, I've read the mail you sent him and it really looked like you were going to decline his offer-
Esther said, still laughing.
-I know. Well, I've thought that he should had had pretty good convincing skills to make me leave my actual group but my heart told me not to hesitate and go for it and so I did it. Like you told me Es-
-Happy that you followed my advice.
You know that this means that I want to meet these guys now, right? -
-Slow down sis. I still have to meet most of them myself.
But I will let you meet them when the time is right-
She seemed satisfied and let silence surround them for few seconds.
At last until Josh stomach didn't start to growl like a wild animal.
-Time to eat now. We can keep talking in front of..... Well every kind of food. Right now I'm so hungry I could eat really anything-Josh said, pushing siblings down the street.
-So, since you are the one living around here, where are you taking us dragon? -
Avi's smile widened hearing his childhood nickname.
-Follow me, there's a nice barbecue place few blocks away-
-Barbecue, I've should have seen this coming! -
-Yes Josh, you definitely should have seen this coming. It's still Avi, remember? –
The oldest one laughed a little before pulling his brother close in a tight hug.
-I've missed you bro! Both you and your barbecue obsession! -

As soon as he got home Scott threw himself on the bed, reaching for his laptop.
After the coffee with Avi he had joined a couple of friends to study for the test they had the following week and now he was so tired that was actually surprised that he had made it back home without falling asleep on the first bench he had seen on the street.
All he wanted to do right now was getting a bit of rest before going to a friend's room to rehearse something with their Acapella group, but he knew that Mitch would have not waited for much longer before starting to become annoying.
As soon as Scott opened Skype he saw that his friend was already online while there was no trace of Kirstie that was probably still having classes.
He didn't even have the time to decide what to do that Mitch was already calling him.
-Mama wants her details-the black-haired boy said immediately, without hesitation.
- "Hello Scott, how was your day. I hope everything is fine"-The blond replied, trying to mimic his friend's voice.
-Everything's good. Thanks for asking, you're such a good friend Mitchie-
-Fine. Hi Scottland, how was your day? –
-Pretty nice, I'm just a little bit tired but thanks for spontaneously asking.-
-Cut the crap lovely boy. You know I'm very interested in your life but right now we have more urgent matters-
-Right down to business uh?
Ok. But I won't tell you until Kirstie is here and I can see that she is still offline so get comfortable and wait cause I'm not gonna say everything twice just because you are so eager-
-I just wonder where is our tiny princess. She is never late to one of our "meeting"-
-She is probably just still in school.
Sometimes you get crazy schedules in college that make you wish you were still back in high school-
-Tell me I didn't hear correctly. Are you really regretting Martin high?-
-It wasn't that bad actually, you know? -
-No, I don't since I don't have anything to compare it to. But I suppose it could be worse-
-Definitely, trust me. I heard some stories about high school from my friends that will fit perfectly in a horror movie.
Oh, look Kirstie is online now!
Let me add her to the conversation! -
In few second a smiley face popped up on the screen.
-Hey baby face, what's up? -exclaimed Mitch, happy to see his friend after so much time.
-Nothing interesting. Just college. What about you? -
-Nothing interesting, just finals. Can't wait to be done with school and fly to sunny L.A.-
-So, we are going, are we Scott? You said you had news-
-And I have, don't worry pretty princess. I was just waiting for you to get online. You know how much I hate to repeat myself-he replied, smiling.
-But now you are here and I can officially say that we got ourselves a bass!!!!!!!!-
-So, this Avi guy is in then?!!-
Kirstie sounded almost more excited than Mitch and Scott couldn't avoid laughing a little.
-He's more than in, but wait to get so cheerful-
-He said no to the idea of flying Kevin over? -Mitch asked, pretty sure that he could not be wrong.
In his shoes Scott would had reached the same conclusion, but, knowing how things were, he couldn't avoid laughing again.
-What's so funny?!-the younger one asked, perplexed.
-Well, I don't care if you believe it or not but I didn't even had to ask. The guy came out with the same idea as Kirstie without me saying anything. He actually said her exact same words.
It was almost scary to be honest. Are you sure that you've never met him Kirst?-
Now was her turn to laugh.
-The fact that we had the same idea doesn't mean that we are connected, but just that we think alike, which is pretty awesome now that I think about it-she said, smiling.
-Well, now that this is settled I was thinking about writing again to Kevin and see if he is willing to come here if we pay half of his plane ticket-
-If he doesn't than he is truly dumb and we don't need him!-Mitch exclaimed, making his friends laugh.
-I'm not sure that's actually true, but after this we can definitely say that we have tried everything. By the way, since we are here, why don't you both help me to write this thing?-Scott asked.
The other two nodded and the blond boy started to look into his computer to find his conversation with the beatboxer.
-So, how did ended last time? -Kirstie asked.
Instead of replying, Scott pressed the "Share screen" button to allow his friends to see exactly what he was seeing.
-Ok, nice move Scooter. Now if he replies we will all see it. Well, first thing first: just say hello to the guy. That's always a nice way to start a conversation-
-Thanks Mitch, I would have never thought about it! What would I do without you in my life?!-
-I don't know, probably die-
Kirstie chuckled.
Were moments like this that made her miss her friends even more.
College was awesome, but without these two dorks nothing was as good as it could have been.
-You two! Would you just stop playing around and get down to business? It's not like we have that much time, especially if Kevin still doesn't want to come-
-Well a bit of positivity would not hurt Kirstie-Scott replied, using the exact same words she had said to him last time.
-All right, all right. Just.....start to write something!-
-Ok boss, just give me a sec-Scott laughed and then started typing.